But! Now I've wrangled her kindergarten teacher into babysitting --
I interrupt this boring story to share the following exchange, and to enlist your support.
JASON: [playing World of Warcraft] I'm playing this dungeon and if you finish it in 20 minutes -- which, like, you'd have to do everything perfectly and not make any mistakes -- then it drops a purple dragon that you can ride. And I've never been able to win the dragon before but this time I will, because it would be cool for the boys to see the dragon.
ME: [drinking rapsberry mojito] That's like that story in the Bible, where the Holy Spirit would move the waters in the pool in the temple, and the first person into the pool would be healed, and lots of people spent their whole lives there waiting to be healed because they couldn't move very fast, since they were injured or what-have-you.
JASON: That's so great that you're quoting scripture to me. I'm so glad you're doing all this church stuff so you can quote scripture to me.
ME: I hate you.
Fin
Okay, so wasn't it obvious I was lampooning the seriousness of his dungeon battle for a dragon by comparing it to a Biblical story of people trying to be healed of serious physical infirmities by the Holy Spirit? And, more importantly, wasn't it hilarious in a dry sort of way? I mean, I realize they can't all be winners, but I thought I had stumbled on some comedy gold there, and it was devastating to have it go unappreciated.
Dammit!
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I thought it was hilarious. If I'd been there I'm pretty sure I would've peed my pants laughing.
ReplyDeleteIt's just as well I wasn't, really, as you already have to deal with enough of that sort of thing.
I wish I didn't know what dungeon you were talking about.
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Ha ha! I got it. I don't pretend to know the draw of that game, but I would have thought that he'd be over it by now. I can't get into anything for very long. I'm an easy burnout.
ReplyDeleteI thought that was totally hilarious. Clearly your biblical humor is wasted on Jason.
ReplyDeleteAs for "She Who Brings The Drama" it must be an age thing. If Maeve didn't go to the babysitter every day while I was at work I would already have given her away this summer. This 6 going on 16 crap sucks.
He totally took that wrong. It wouldn't be so bad if he just didn't get the funniness of the analogy; but there seems to be another issue there if he is accusing you of quoting the Bible to him. Maybe deep down he feels guilty that he's playing video games instead of dealing with the kids? But you can't ask him to give up the video games, because then you'd have to give up blogging. Glass houses, you know...
ReplyDeleteIt was a very funny analogy. I think the funniness comes from the juxtaposition of the Holy Bible with World of Warcraft. If you had quoted an old Flintstones episode, say, it wouldn't have been so funny.
Well, men can be dense. They do not pick up on our subtleties like they should.
ReplyDeleteI've never heard or paid attention to the temple pool story. And my entire life in church and six years of Southern Baptist Christian School should've seen to it that I did. You ARE really getting churched up!
Outrageously witty!!!
ReplyDeleteThat was a GREAT analogy. Will you preach the sermon at church this Sunday?
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Nice. Funny. I shed my SB self too.
ReplyDeleteDef. an example of being unequally yoked. =) Sounds like you need to go on tour, preaching to the singles groups worldwide. Don't let this happen to you! Ha!
ReplyDeleteCould I perhaps borrow that to (hopefully) stump my oldest son the next time we have that conversation?
ReplyDeleteYou guys need a reality show. It would be, by far, the most hilarious one out there.
ReplyDeleteYou got an audible laugh from me... Dunno if that should make you feel better or worse, but it is what it is.
ReplyDeleteHeck I laughed out loud!
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